Michael´s Eighth Year

[TonyQ]

Well done on 200. A magnificent bird for the magic number.

much less spectacular, but I do like the out of place Plover

[Zim Girl]

Great work with 200 birds from Guyana.  That Cock of the Rock is spectacular.

[PeterHG]

Congrats on a magnificent #200! Love your owls, too. 

[Galana]

Congratulations on the double century. Some excellent birds there too.

Swallow -tailed Kite is one of my 'bogey birds' still to find.

Don't you just love those Burrowing Owls?

[pedro maia]

Congrats on the double ton Michael, I saw the Cock-of-the-Rock pictures in your TR but I was amazed again, that is the coolest bird.

 

The Burrowing oels may be common but I never saw them, cool species as well. as so many others on your thread.

[Soukous]

On 7/31/2023 at 4:06 PM, michael-ibk said:

I never said that. Wasn´t me. And if I did - who cares.

 

don't worry, I'll bury the evidence 

[Dave Williams]

Excellent stuff Michael, well done on 200.

[michael-ibk]

Thanks @TonyQ, @Zim Girl, @PeterHG, @Galana, @pedro maia, @Soukousand @Dave Williams!

 

201/G201) Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) / Grünarassari

 

Karasabai. Aracaris are always cool to see. A very foggy morning though.

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

202/G202) Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) / Lachfalke

 

Karasabai. A widespread and fairly common Falcon.

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

203/G203) Ochre-Lored Flycatcher aka Flatbill (Tolmomyias flaviventris) / Gelbbauch-Breitschnabeltyrann

 

Karasabai. Time for a good old ebc.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

204/G204) Brown-Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) / Braunschopftyrann

 

Karasabai. Fairly large with large hooked bill. One of several very similar-looking Flycatchers.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

205/G205) Cayenne Jay (Cyanocorax cayanus ) / Cayenneblaurabe

 

Karasabai. Seen a couple of times but never managed to get a good photo.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

206/G206) White-Necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) / Weißnackenkolibri

 

Moca Moca. Get ready for a lot of lousy stuff. Found a great tree full of Hummers - but all of them pretty high up.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

207/G207) Tufted Cocquette (Lophornis ornatus) / Schmuckelfe

 

Moca Moca. Oh, how much I would have loved to have a proper sighting of this spectacular bird! As it was, I did not even realize on location I had one, only sorted this ID out back home (no guide with us this morning).

 

 

 

The left one is the Coquette.

[michael-ibk]

208/G208) Amethyst Woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina) / Amethyststernkolibri

 

Moca Moca. Tiny hummingbird of forests, forest edges, and savanna woodlands.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

209/G209) Copper-Tailed Hummingbird (Clements) or subspecies of Green-Bellied Hummingbird (IOC) (Saucerottia cupreicauda or Saucerottia viridigaster) / Grünbauchamazilie or Kupferschwanzamazilie

 

Moca Moca.  Found in humid forest in mountainous regions of eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

210/G210) Rufous-Throated Sapphire (Hylocharis sapphirina) / Rotkehl-Saphirkolibri

 

Moca Moca. Widespread in South America.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

211/G211) White-Chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) / Weißkinn-Saphirkolibri

 

Moca Moca. The only one willing to pose a bit.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

212/G212) Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) / Rallenkranich

 

Moca Moca. Despite looking quite heron-like more closely related to rails.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

213/G213) (Northern) Mouse-Coloured Tyrannulet (Phaeomyias murina or Nesotriccus incomta)

 

Moca Moca. Clements has split MC Tyrannulet in a Northern and a Southern form, IOC still lists them as only one species.

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

214/G214) Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) / Süd-Fleckenmaskentyrann

 

Moca Moca. Ranging from Mexico to Argentina.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

215/G215) Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) / Krähenstirnvogel

 

Moca Moca. Oropendolas are colonial nesters that build hanging woven nests. Seen in all my four trips to the Neotropics.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

216/G216) Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) / Seidenkuhstärling

 

Moca Moca. About as interesting as our Crows.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

217/G217) Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) / Palmentangare

 

Moca Moca. Hard to miss this one on a trip to South America.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

218/G218) Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira) / Guiratangare

 

Moca Moca. New Tanager for me. For some reason this one caught my attention when studying the bird book before the trip, and I was delighted to find one. Male and female.